diff --git a/media_commons_booking_app/src/client/booking/components/FormInput.tsx b/media_commons_booking_app/src/client/booking/components/FormInput.tsx
index 4e68e65b..fcfeb9b5 100644
--- a/media_commons_booking_app/src/client/booking/components/FormInput.tsx
+++ b/media_commons_booking_app/src/client/booking/components/FormInput.tsx
@@ -437,7 +437,6 @@ const FormInput = ({ hasEmail, roomNumber, handleParentSubmit }) => {
           type="expectedAttendance"
           id="expectedAttendance"
           className="bg-gray-50 border border-gray-300 text-gray-900 text-sm rounded-lg focus:ring-blue-500 focus:border-blue-500 block w-[600px] p-2.5 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:border-gray-600 dark:placeholder-gray-400 dark:text-white dark:focus:ring-blue-500 dark:focus:border-blue-500"
-          placeholder="5"
           {...register('expectedAttendance', { required: true })}
         />
       </div>
diff --git a/media_commons_booking_app/src/server/index.ts b/media_commons_booking_app/src/server/index.ts
index 279d0c56..6069c3c2 100644
--- a/media_commons_booking_app/src/server/index.ts
+++ b/media_commons_booking_app/src/server/index.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import {
   sendTextEmail,
   fetchById,
   fetchRows_,
+  getFutureDates,
 } from './sheets';
 
 // Public functions must be exported as named exports
@@ -75,4 +76,5 @@ export {
   getGoogleCalendarApiKey,
   getUserEmail,
   removeFromList,
+  getFutureDates,
 };
diff --git a/media_commons_booking_app/src/server/sheets.js b/media_commons_booking_app/src/server/sheets.js
index 7c628fc7..964ab3f2 100644
--- a/media_commons_booking_app/src/server/sheets.js
+++ b/media_commons_booking_app/src/server/sheets.js
@@ -16,6 +16,26 @@ export const fetchRows = (sheetName) => {
   return (values || []).map((row) => row.map((cell) => `${cell}`));
 };
 
+export const getFutureDates = (sheetName) => {
+  const values = SpreadsheetApp.openById(ACTIVE_SHEET_ID)
+    .getSheetByName(sheetName)
+    .getDataRange()
+    .getValues();
+
+  var today = new Date();
+  today.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0); // set hours 00:00:00.000
+
+  var filteredData = values.filter(function (row, index) {
+    if (index === 0) return true; // if header row, return true (include in filtered data)
+    var startDate = new Date(row[3]); // 'start date' column
+    console.log('startDate', startDate);
+    return startDate > today; // 'start date' is after today
+  });
+
+  Logger.log('getFutureDates', filteredData);
+  return (filteredData || []).map((row) => row.map((cell) => `${cell}`));
+};
+
 function fetchById(sheetName, id) {
   const row = fetchRows_(sheetName).find((row) => row[0] === id);
   if (!row) throw `Invalid conversation ID: ${id}`;